Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Poreč and Pula (Croatian: Porečko-pulska biskupija; Latin: Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis; Italian: Diocesi di Parenzo e Pola) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rijeka on the Istrian peninsula, in Croatia.^[1][2]

Diocese of Poreč and Pula Dioecesis Parentina et Polensis Porečko-pulska biskupija
Location
Country	Croatia
Ecclesiastical province	Rijeka
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Rijeka
Statistics
Area	2,839 km2 (1,096 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2013) 210,114 164,480 (78.3%)
Parishes	78
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pula
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Ivan Štironja
Metropolitan Archbishop	Mate Uzinić
Bishops emeritus	Ivan Milovan, Bishop Emeritus (1997–2012)
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

Special churches

The cathedral episcopal see is Euphrasian Basilica, a Minor basilica and World Heritage Site in the city of Poreč. The Co-Cathedral is the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pula. There are two more former cathedrals: Crkva Sv. Pelagije, in Novigrad, and Crkva Navještenja BDM, in Pićan.

History

• Established circa (200-)300 as Diocese of Parentium; medieval/modern names Poreč (Croat) / Parenzo (Italian) / Parentin(us) (Latin adjective)
• Exchanged territory in 1784 with the Italian Diocese of Trieste
• Formally United aeque principaliter (i.e. in personal union) with the Diocese of Cittanova but only 1442–1448
• Renamed on June 30, 1828 as Diocese of Parenzo/Poreč and Pola/Pula, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Pula
• Gained territory on 1977.10.17 from the Diocese of Trieste, and exchanged territory with Diocese of Koper.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 169,048 Catholics (79.5% of 212,561 total) on 2,839 km² in 135 parishes with 108 priests (94 diocesan, 14 religious), 1 deacon, 78 lay religious (48 brothers, 30 sisters) and 6 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman rite; probably many Italians, notably in the early centuries)

Bishops of Poreč

• Andrea (991 – 1010?)
• Sigimbaldo (1015 – 1017?)
• Engelmaro (1028 – 1040)
• Arpo (1045 – 1050)
• Orso (1050 – 1060)
• Adelman (1060 – 1075)
• Cadolo (1075 – 1082)
• Pagano I (1082 – 1104)
• Bertold (1104 – 1120)
• Ferongo (1120 – 1131)
• Rodemondo (1131 – 1146)
• Vincenzo (1146 – 1158)
• Uberto (1158 – 1174)
• Pietro (1174 – 1194)
• Giovanni I (1196 – 1200)
• Pulcherio (1200 – 1216?)
• Adalberto (1219 – 1243)
• Pagano II (1243 – 1246)
• Giovanni II (1249 – 1254)
• Ottone (1256 – 1282)
• Bonifazio (1282 – 1305)
• Giuliano Natale (1306 – 1309)
• Graziadio, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1309 – 1327)
• Giovanni Gottoli de Sordello, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1328.06.20 – death 1367)
• Gilberto Zorzi, O.P. (1367.07.02 – 1388.03.04), next Bishop of Eraclea (1388.03.04 – death 1403)
• Giovanni Lombardo, O. Carm. (1388.06 – death 1415.03.21)
• Fantino Valaresso (1415.04.28 – 1425.12.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete (insular Greece) (1425.12.05 – death 1443.05.18)
• Daniele Scotto de’ Rampi (1426 – 1433), next Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1433.01.07 – death 1443.07.11)
• Angelo Cavazza (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); previously Bishop of Arba (1433.01.07 – 1440.04.11); later Bishop of Cittanova (1442 – retired 1448); died 1457
• Placido de Pavanello, Vallombrosians (O.S.B. Vall.) (1457.01.24 – 1464.11.05); previously Titular Bishop of Byblus (1454.01.09 – 1457.01.24); later Bishop of Torcello (1464.11.05 – 1471)
• Francesco Morosini, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1464.11.14 – death 1470.10.03), also Apostolic Administrator of Macerata (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03) and Apostolic Administrator of Recanati (Italy) (1470.02.02 – 1470.10.03)
• Bartolomeo Barbarigo (1471.10.11 – died after 1475.06.03)
• Silvestro Quirini (1476.01.31 – died about October 1476)
• Niccolò Franco (1476.10.23 – 1485.02.21 appointed bishop of Treviso)
• Tommaso Catanei (or Colleoni), O.P. (1485.03.04 – 1485.12.12 appointed bishop of Cervia)
• Giovanni Antonio Pavaro (1487.03.14 – 1500.02.20)
• Alvise Tasso (1500.02.24 – 1516.01.16 appointed bishop of Recanati)
• Girolamo Campeggi (1516.03.14 – retired 1533)

Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1533.06.06 – 1537.05.28)

• Giovanni Campeggi (1537.05.28 – 1553.05.06 appointed bishop of Bologna)
• Pietro Gritti (1553.05.17 – 1573.02.09)
• Cesare Nores (1573.02.09 – 1597.12.12)
• Giovanni Lippomano (1598.07.08 – retired after 1608.06.09)
• Leonardo Tritonio (1609.02.09 – 1631.06.15)
• Ruggero Tritonio (1632.02.01 – 1644.07.25)
• Giovan Battista Del Giudice (1644 – 1666.01.24)
• Niccolò Petronio Caldana (1667.03.16 – died October 1670)
• Alessandro Adelasio, C.R.L. (1671.07.01 – died August 1711)
• Antonio Vaira (1712.03.02 – 1717.07.12 appointed bishop of Adria)
• Pietro Grassi (1718.03.14 –1731.03.16)
• Vincenzo Maria Mazzoleni, O.P. (1731.05.21 – 1741.12.16)
• Gaspare Negri (1742.01.22 – died January 1778)
• Francesco Polesini (1778.06.01 – 1819.01.09)

No bishop (1819 – 1827)

Suffragan Bishops of Poreč and Pula

TO BE ELABORATED

• Juraj Dobrila (1857.12.21 – 1875)
• Giovanni Nepomuceno Glavina (1878.09.13 – 1882.07.03)
• Alojzij Zorn (1882.09.25 – 1883.08.09)
• Giovanni Battista Flapp (1884.11.13 – 1912)
• Trifone Pederzolli (1913.06.19 – 1941.04.22)
• Raffaele Mario Radossi, O.F.M. Conv. (1941.11.27 – 1948.07.07)
• Apostolic Administrator Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1950.05.21 – 1960.06.15)
• Bishop Dragutin Nežić (1960.06.15 – 1984.01.27)
• Bishop Antun Bogetić (1984.01.27 – 1997.11.18)
• Bishop Ivan Milovan (1997.11.18 - 2012.06.14)
• Bishop Dražen Kutleša (2012.06.14 – 2020.07.11)
• Apostolic Administrator, Archbishop Dražen Kutleša (2020.07.11 – 2023.03.18)
• Bishop Ivan Štironja (since 2023.01.21)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Croatia
• Istria County
• History of Istria

Sources and external links

• Diocese website (in Croat)

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